Table 2.

General characteristics of the 810 participants and comparison between the sexes

Parameters	Range	Mean±SD	K‐Sa		Boys	Girls	pb
			z	p	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age, years	6–19	12.8 ± 3.1	0.11	<0.001	12.4 ± 3.1	13.1 ± 3.0	0.002
SST, μm	347–697	524 ± 57	0.02	0.15	529 ± 57	519 ± 56	0.014
SCT, μm	56–374	195 ± 49	0.03	0.032	191 ± 48	198 ± 51	0.078
SRT, μm	160–299	224 ± 19	0.05	<0.001	228 ± 20	220 ± 18	<0.001
SRT+SCT, μm	275–580	418 ± 51	0.03	0.091	420 ± 49	417 ± 53	0.541
SST + SCT + SRT, μm	708–1207	942 ± 77	0.02	0.15	949 ± 74	937 ± 80	0.027
SER, D	−11.38–2.38	−2.91 ± 2.46	0.04	<0.001	−2.80 ± 2.51	−3.00 ± 2.41	0.255
AL, mm	21.78–29.30	24.91 ± 1.25	0.02	0.15	25.23 ± 1.28	24.63 ± 1.15	<0.001
UVA	0.03–2.00	0.37 ± 0.32	0.22	<0.001	0.40 ± 0.32	0.35 ± 0.31	0.032
IOP, mmHg	10.0–25.0	16.7 ± 2.5	0.1	<0.001	16.6 ± 2.4	16.8 ± 2.6	0.184
Weight, kg	19.0–112.0	47.2 ± 14.7	0.05	<0.001	49.3 ± 17.0	45.5 ± 12.2	<0.001
Height, cm	114.0–193.0	154.5 ± 15.0	0.08	<0.001	155.5 ± 17.1	153.7 ± 12.8	0.096
BMI, kg/m2	12.8–31.9	19.3 ± 3.5	0.06	<0.001	19.7 ± 3.7	18.9 ± 3.2	<0.001

AL = axial length, BMI = body mass index, IOP = intraocular pressure, SCT = subfoveal choroidal thickness, SER = spherical equivalent refraction, SRT = subfoveal retinal thickness; SST = subfoveal scleral thickness, UVA = uncorrected visual acuity.

^aK‐S, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for normality.

^bStatistical significance was tested using t‐tests.